Improvement in bale-ties



J. R. KENNEDY.

BALE-TIE.

No. 185,544. Patented Dec.19, 1876.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

JOHN R. KENNEDY, OF TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALE-TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 185,544, dated December19, 1876; application filed December 12, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JNo. R. KENNEDY, ofTuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa county, Alabama, have invented an Improvement inBale-Ties, of which the following is a specification:

This is an improvement on the improvement in iron ties for balespatented to me the 3d day of March, 1874; and the improvements herespoken of consist in, first, using at the band B a slotted recess, 0,Fig. 2, and at a distance about equal to the length of the link orfastening A, Fig. 4, is a round hole, D, into which is inserted theupper end of the fastening a And the inside of this hook is bent downclosely to the band B by striking with a hammer, or otherwise. Theobject of bending down the fastening a close to the band B is that, whenthe fastening is once made by hooking the end a into any of the holes ofthe band B then the end a will drop in the next hole and operate as alock, to prevent the hook A from slipping or flying out when the balefalls on its edge, or is compressed in loading ships, 8:0. The object ofthe slotted recess 0 is to keep the fastening A safely in its properposition before it is used, and to hold down the band B after thefastening is made.

In my patent of March 3, 1874, I used oblong round-ended holes, one atthe end of hoop B and others at the other end B In this improvement Istill use the oblong holes at equal distances at the end of the band Bas before, and the slotted recess and smaller hole at the other end B,as shown in accompanyin g drawings.

To make the fastening the crook a of the link A fastened to the end ofthe band B as shown in Fig. 1, is hooked over into any one of the holesof band 13*, then the crook a falls back into the next hole, and thefastening is completed.

I claim as my invention- The combination of the link A fastened to theband B by inserting the end a through the hole D, bent inward, andclosed against band B and the other end of the link A resting throughthe open slotted recess 0, the fastening of the tie then being made to Bby inserting the end a imo any of the holes 13, dropping the end a inthe next hole, thus forming a lock, substantially as described.

JNO. R. KENNEDY.

Witnesses:

M. GARDNER, JNo. S. KENNEDY.

